Lars Hallvardson was born in 1695 in Brekke and died in 1757 at the age of 62. He married Anna Jonsdatter, daughter of Jon Olson Verkland and Ingeborg Bendiksdatter Yndesdal, in June 1721 in Bø kirke. She was born in 1683 in Verkland and died in 1762 at the age of 79.